TITLE 31.  FAMILY

 

Chapter

    571 Family Courts

   571D Juvenile Justice Interagency Board--Repealed

    572 Marriage

   572C Reciprocal Beneficiaries

   572B Civil Unions

   572C Reciprocal Beneficiaries

   572D Uniform Premarital Agreement Act

    573 Married Women--Repealed

    574 Names

    575 Uniform Desertion and Nonsupport Act (Modified)

    576 Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support

        Act--Repealed

   576B Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

   576D Child Support Enforcement

   576E Administrative Process for Child Support Enforcement

    577 Children

   577A Legal Capacity of Minor Regarding Medical Care

   577D Primary Medical Care for Minors Without Support

   577E Commission on Fatherhood

    578 Adoption

    579 Illegitimates:  Paternity Proceedings--Repealed

    580 Annulment, Divorce, and Separation

    581 Office of Children and Youth--Repealed

    582 Interstate Compact on Juveniles

   582D Interstate Compact for Juveniles

    583 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act--Repealed

   583A Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

    584 Uniform Parentage Act

    585 Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Orders--Repealed

    586 Domestic Abuse Protective Orders

    587 Child Protective Act--Repealed

   587A Child Protective Act

   587D Safe Place for Newborns

    588 Children's Justice Program

 

CHAPTER 571

FAMILY COURTS

 

       Part I.  Establishment; Personnel

Section

    571-1 Construction and purpose of chapter

    571-2 Definitions

    571-3 Family courts, divisions of circuit courts

    571-4 Family courts, circuits

    571-5 Board of family court judges

    571-6 Appointment and duties of employees

    571-7 Repealed

    571-8 District family courts; district family judges;

          appointment; sessions

  571-8.1 Qualifications; tenure; removal

  571-8.2 Salary of district family judges

  571-8.3 Disqualification; absence; vacancy

  571-8.4 Jurisdiction

  571-8.5 Powers

 

       Part II.  Jurisdiction

   571-11 Jurisdiction; children

   571-12 Transfer from other courts

   571-13 Retention of jurisdiction

   571-14 Jurisdiction; adults

 

       Part III.  Initiation of Cases

   571-21 Complaint; investigation; petition

   571-22 Waiver of jurisdiction; transfer to other courts

 571-22.5 Appeal of waiver of jurisdiction

   571-23 Summons; notice; custody of minor

   571-24 Failure to answer summons; warrants

 

       Part IV.  Custody, Detention, and Shelter

   571-31 Taking children into custody; release; notice

 571-31.1 Standard for detention

 571-31.2 Juvenile intake and diagnostic services

 571-31.3 Voluntary assistance

 571-31.4 Informal adjustment, law violators

 571-31.5 Informal adjustment, status offenders

 571-31.6 Informal adjustment, minor who may be both law

          violator and status offender

   571-32 Detention; shelter; release; notice

 571-32.1 Contract and fee-for-service accommodations

   571-33 Detention and shelter facilities

   571-34 Criminal history record checks

 

       Part V.  Procedure and Decree

   571-41 Procedure in children's cases

 571-41.1 Extradition of minors to Hawaii

 571-41.2 Extradition of minors from Hawaii

   571-42 Procedure in adult cases

   571-43 Additional remedies not pleaded

   571-44 Physical or mental examination and treatment

   571-45 Investigation prior to disposition

   571-46 Criteria and procedure in awarding custody and

          visitation; best interest of the child

 571-46.1 Joint custody

 571-46.2 Orders relating to custody and visitation cases

 571-46.3 Grandparents' visitation rights; petition; notice;

          Order

 571-46.4 Child custody evaluators; qualification; registry;

          complaints

 571-46.5 Parenting plans

   571-47 Determination of parentage of child born in wedlock

   571-48 Decree, if informal adjustment or diversion to a

          private or community agency or program has not

          been effected

   571-49 Repealed

   571-50 Modification of decree, rehearing

   571-51 Support of minor committed for study or care

 571-51.5 Modification of support and visitation decrees

   571-52 Assignment by court order of future income for

          payments of support

 571-52.1 Repealed

 571-52.2 Automatic assignment by court or administrative

          order of future income for payment of child support

 571-52.3 Immediate income withholding

 571-52.5 Guidelines to determine child support amounts

 571-52.6 Child support order, judgment, or decree; accident

          and sickness insurance coverage

 571-52.7 Award of costs and reasonable attorneys' fees

   571-53 Signing of papers

   571-54 Appeal

   571-55 Certification in lieu of oath

   571-56 Offense

   571-57 Penalty

 

       Part VI.  Termination of Parental Rights

   571-61 Termination of parental rights; petition

   571-62 Hearing; investigation and report

   571-63 Findings and judgment

 

       Part VII.  Juvenile Crime Prevention Bureau

   571-71 Juvenile crime prevention bureau; establishment of

   571-72 Duties and powers; reports; expungement of juvenile

          arrest records

   571-73 No limitations on family courts

   571-74 Rules and standards; investigation and questioning;

          fingerprinting and photographing

 

       Part VIII.  General Provisions

   571-81 Contempt of court

   571-82 Court sessions; quarters

   571-83 Court and witness fees

   571-84 Records

 571-84.5 Support order, decree, judgment, or acknowledgment;

          social security number

 571-84.6 Minor law violators; proceedings and records not

          confidential

   571-85 Authority of probation officers; additional

          probation officers

   571-86 Cooperation

   571-87 Appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem;

          compensation

   571-88 Orders expunging juvenile arrest records

 

       PART IX.  MILITARY DEPLOYMENT PROVISIONS

   571-91 Definitions

   571-92 Application

   571-93 Duty to cooperate and disclose information

   571-94 Hearings; electronic participation

   571-95 Sole factor; effect on existing orders

   571-96 Visitation and contact

   571-97 Delegation of the deployed parent's contact rights

          to another

 

Rules of Court

 

  See Family Court Rules; applicability of Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, see HRCP rules 1, 81; proceedings not governed by Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, see RCC rule 31.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  When Children Prey on Children:  A Look at Hawai`i's Version of Megan's Law and its Application to Juvenile Sex Offenders.  20 UH L. Rev. 477.

  In the Best Interests of the Child:  Juvenile Justice or Adult Retribution?  23 UH L. Rev. 341.

 

Case Notes

 

  When family court is concerned about potential abuse of a minor, it may take action under chapter 587 to promptly address problem, regardless of whether action was initiated under this chapter or by way of formal chapter 587 petition.  84 H. 41, 928 P.2d 883.

  No equal protection violation for use of preponderance of evidence standard of proof for §586-5.5 as family and household members not suspect class and rational basis underlying this standard adopted by legislature under this chapter for chapter 586 was to facilitate and expedite judicial issuance of protective orders.  85 H. 197 (App.), 940 P.2d 404.